Line #23 Creator/Durendal


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3	->''"Welcome to 'Pourquoi J'ai Raison et Vous Avez Tort'.[[note]]'Why I'm Right And You Are Wrong'[[/note]]"''
4	-->-- '''Introduction to Durendal's''' '''''Pourquoi J'ai Raison et Vous Avez Tort''''' '''videos'''
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6	Durendal (born March 13, 1988), real name Timothée Fontaine, is a French Website/YouTube [[WebVideo video]] maker who talks about movies.
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8	Originally known as 'Le Démon du Rire'[[note]]'The Laughter Demon'[[/note]], he struck fame by recording several Platform/MP3 sagas parodying well-known videogames and movies in the early 2000s. In 2012, he decided to create a Website/YouTube channel where he could freely talk about his main passion: cinema. The channel, named 'Le Cinéma de Durendal'[[note]]'Durendal's Cinema'[[/note]], currently houses his vlogs and other shows. After his laptop was stolen in 2013, he abandoned his Démon du Rire projects to focus entirely on his channel.
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12	!! Shows created by Durendal include:
13	* ''Vlog'': Durendal makes a detailed {{review}} of a recent box-office release and encourages you (or not) to go and see it. During the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, unable to review new films as movie theaters were closed in France, he renamed the series as ''Coronavlogus'' and talked about older movies, series and some of his favorite films.
14	* ''Pourquoi J'ai Raison et Vous Avez Tort'': His most popular creation. Abbriviated as PJREVAT, a series of longer videos where he analyses and defends a movie or a cinema-related subject he likes; or breaks down movies that he particularly hates.
15	* ''Reaction Shot'': a series where he comes back on things he might have left vague or unexplained in his Vlogs.
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17	!! Tropes associated with Durendal:
18	* BerserkButton:
19	** Creator/RidleyScott. Specifically how he handled the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise since ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'' (which remains one of his most brutal reviews to date).
20	** Badmouthing beloved directors of his like Creator/RolandEmmerich. Emmerich is ''really'' SeriousBusiness for him.
21	* CausticCritic: As someone who makes reviews on the Internet, of course he's going to be savage in some of his reviews.
22	* GeekPhysiques: Especially during his Démon du Rire era.
23	%%ZCE? * LargeHam: Exaggerated in his PJREVAT videos, played for laughs.
24	* NonIndicativeName: His moniker has nothing to do with [[Literature/TheSongOfRoland Roland de Roncevaux]]'s legendary sword Durandal. He revealed in his ''Planet of the Apes'' PJREVAT video that he simply chose the name ''Dur'''e'''ndal'' (note the "e") randomly in a dictionary.
25	* {{Pun}}: Will make one from time to time. An example includes "My sponsor is Nissan al Gaib" in his ''Film/DunePartTwo'' review, playing off "Lisan al Gaib".
26	* RealMenWearPink: He '''loves''' ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
27	* SelfDeprecation: Mostly on his homosexuality.
28	* TakeThatCritics: Often Lampshaded, mostly in his special videos. For example this quote from his PJREVAT on ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'':
29	-->'''Durendal:''' Instead of that, I work more than 507 hours, alone with people spending their time saying that what I do is not real work, and that I'm a fool who doesn't know anything.
30	* [[invoked]]TakeThatTitForTat: In December 2014, French radio host Raphaël Enthoven, during a philosophy show, insulted and savagely criticized Durendal. This resulted in the latter responding to the insults, followed by the former giving a counter-response, leading to Internet drama. Although Durendal seems to have come to terms with the incident (even hinting it in some of his videos), Enthoven is still annoyed by this, years later.
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32	-->''"Take care of yourselves and go watch movies, Ciao!"''

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